Warm Down / Cool Down

[Ludwig Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ludwig]

Hi guys,

I'm a newbie (only have 4 sessions of PE under my belt - so to speak!). I'm struggling to decide whether to warm down or cool down after my routine?
I read the benefits to both in the "How To: Routine Creation" section, but I want to know what people's experience's are from either?

I've tried both and probably prefer the plump look of the warm down, but the cool down does make sense? What do you guys think?!

Thanks for the help!

L

[Grafenberg Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Grafenberg]

I'm a newbie myself (in terms of practice) but I've be been reading a lot and I think I can answer your question.

Basically the benefit of the warm down is to keep the CC and CS engorged and thus keep up the internal pressure which will improve your smooth muscle (mainly improves EQ and possibly girth)

The cool down however helps the rearrangement of collagen which helps to cement a stretched out tunica (see this thread and search for cool down).

So my suggestion is to follow the TGC theory and see if the tunica or the smooth muscle is your limiting factor.

If tunica then use cool down, if smooth muscle then use warm down (and possibly edging without cumming too).

[mannakonda Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mannakonda]

I'm a newbie myself (in terms of practice) but I've be been reading a lot and I think I can answer your question.

Basically the benefit of the warm down is to keep the CC and CS engorged and thus keep up the internal pressure which will improve your smooth muscle (mainly improves EQ and possibly girth)

The cool down however helps the rearrangement of collagen which helps to cement a stretched out tunica (see this thread and search for cool down).

So my suggestion is to follow the TGC theory and see if the tunica or the smooth muscle is your limiting factor.

If tunica then use cool down, if smooth muscle then use warm down (and possibly edging without cumming too).

Anybody backing up on this?
The reason I wonder is that I´ve read it in the "Exercising the penis...." book that they recommend cool down vs warmdown at the end of the workout.

[PurpleOnes Senior Member Member of the Month June 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close PurpleOnes]

I have always been warming up and warming down.

Never tried cooling down.

Warming up and warming down with my electric heating pad has worked really well for me.

[kickinthemebs Senior Member Member of the Month Feb 2014 Find all posts View Profile Close kickinthemebs]

Where are you getting this information from or is it just your assumption?

I'm a newbie myself (in terms of practice) but I've be been reading a lot and I think I can answer your question.

Basically the benefit of the warm down is to keep the CC and CS engorged and thus keep up the internal pressure which will improve your smooth muscle (mainly improves EQ and possibly girth)

The cool down however helps the rearrangement of collagen which helps to cement a stretched out tunica (see this thread and search for cool down).

So my suggestion is to follow the TGC theory and see if the tunica or the smooth muscle is your limiting factor.

If tunica then use cool down, if smooth muscle then use warm down (and possibly edging without cumming too).

[chuck89gt5.0 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close chuck89gt5.0]

I feel like a good edging session before and after your routine is healthy. Gets as much fresh blood into your dick not too mention can help with girth and stamina.

[PurpleOnes Senior Member Member of the Month June 2014PEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close PurpleOnes]

I've read from the PE book that you should cooldown instead of warming down to keep your penis in a enlarged and stretched state.

Some cooldown methods: cold wash cloth or some cold water.

For how long cooldown should be applied is 1-2 minutes.

Make sure that water is not too cold since your penis is liable to contract and shrink up.

With warming down your making your penis elastic.

All of this was from the PE-book that you get by becoming pegym hero.

[MrB8 Senior Member Member of the Month Nov 2013 Find all posts View Profile Close MrB8]

After a ‘normal’ PE session, I allow my penis to cool to body temperature under light stretch.

If I have had a very intense session, or there is any active inflammation, I allow it to cool naturally to body temperature, then ice it.

Bear in mind also that the penis takes very little time to cool all the way through.

Here are a few guidelines on the use of ice that I wrote for my patients. Obviously they are written to apply to musculoskeletal conditions, so use your common sense to extract what is useful to apply to the penis. If you are going to try ice, please read them carefully:

Use of Ice

ICE is simple, safe and very effective for many injuries and painful musculoskeletal conditions.

Ice in any form may be used - gel packs, water with ice in it, bags of frozen peas, crushed ice in a polythene bag - whatever is most convenient. Please don’t use ice direct on skin, it can cause nasty ‘cold burns’ or can stick, which is very unpleasant! Whatever you use wrap it in a dry or damp tea towel or similar. (Dry is essential in cold weather if outside).

Ice has a two-fold effect. Initially it decreases tissue temperature and causes local blood vessels to constrict. As the body tries to re-establish homeostasis, its effect changes to increase tissue temperature and dilate the blood vessels in deep tissue. These responses alternate.

• Cold applied locally to the site of the injury will:
• Chill pain receptors, decreasing pain
• Constrict local blood vessels, slowing blood circulation, stopping bleeding and reducing inflammation
• Dilate deep blood vessels, bringing nutrients to the area and speeding removal of debris from inflammation
• Reduce muscle spasm
• Decrease tissue damage

Healing time is directly proportional to the amount of swelling, so it is vital to control swelling as soon as possible after an injury, and not allow further damage to surrounding tissue.

How long to ice an area for depends on the area - icing an area for too long can cause cold damage. A finger for example will take much less icing (e.g. 5 mins.) than a thigh, and a superficial injury will take less than a deep injury. Generally no body part should ever be iced for more than 20-25 mins . If icing a wrist or ankle in water with ice in it, keep fingers/toes out of the water. Use your common sense.


When using ice you will feel the following stages:

Cold

Burn

Ache

Numbness

When you feel numbness has been achieved, stop icing. The treatment can be repeated when the part has warmed up again. Cold therapy may be continued for 24 to 48 hours following the injury. Two to three times a day is usual, although with a more severe injury this may be increased.


Ice therapy is generally very safe when used within the time recommendations above. However, it is NOT recommended if you have:

• Allergy to cold
• Collagen disease
• Circulatory problems
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Cardiac problems
• Reynaud’s disease

Additionally, ice should not be used over a superficial nerve or areas of impaired sensation or paralysis. If in doubt always consult your doctor before using cold therapy.

A word about the ever popular cold sprays. Although they have their place, I would not recommend them. They are difficult to use effectively. If used insufficiently they do the opposite of what is intended - they chill the surface, but no lower, which causes a reflex reaction by the body of increasing blood flow to warm the area. If used enough to cool deep tissue, they are liable to cause freeze burns to the skin.

Ice is very beneficial if any trauma (however mild) has been caused to the tissues, so I use ice after a session where I have considerably overdone it. Otherwise I just let things cool on their own while maintaining stretch.
Ice will cool the tissues - because the body wants its tissues to be at body temperature it will flush the tissues with lots of fresh blood to warm the tissues, once you take the ice pack off. In the process, metabolic and inflammatory by-products are flushed out of the tissues and lots of fresh, oxygenated, nutrient laden blood enters the tissues.